Chapter 435: Chapter 435 Fish Eyes Chapter 435: Chapter 435 Fish Eyes The aura was very uncomfortable.
It was definitely not a good thing.
Moreover, this was a small park where many children played every day.
Gu Qiaoqiao moved her fingers but didn’t rashly destroy the pattern. Instead, she tentatively probed it with the spiritual energy of her fingertips.
When she realized that the uncomfortable aura had no effect on her, Gu Qiaoqiao’s clear eyes shifted slightly as she reached out and plucked the black stone, mistaken for a fish’s eye, from the bottom of the pool.
Yes, she prised it out.
It was cemented into a depression in the pool structure.
Whether it was psychological or an illusion, Gu Qiaoqiao felt the air around the fish sculpture seemed to twist slightly.
Gu Qiaoqiao placed the stone in her left hand, and with her right, she continued to pry out other arranged stones.
But she didn’t take them out; after prying out each one, she casually tossed it aside.
Gu Qiaoqiao looked indifferent. To an onlooker, she was just a young girl playing with stones.
After all, the water here was very clean.
The local elders also cherished this place.
Littering here wasn’t allowed, and it was even more unlikely for children to urinate here.
Thus, no one suspected Gu Qiaoqiao’s actions.
When Gu Qiaoqiao pried out the last stone, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Whatever the purpose of the fish-shaped pattern was, it certainly wasn’t anything good.
And just as Gu Qiaoqiao destroyed the fish-shaped pattern embedded in the bottom of the pool, a wooden sword in Tian Sanxian’s family hall clattered to the ground.
In the East Mountain Military District, within Lin Fanpeng’s basement.
There was a table there, resembling an altar without incense burners, but displaying a piece of black wood.
It seemed to be agarwood. However, due to being in the basement, it was emitting a sinister glow.
This piece of wood, shaped like a miniature landscape, was quietly developing cracks bit by bit.
But because it was agarwood, these cracks were not noticeable unless one looked very closely.
It was different in the Tian Family, however.
After the wooden sword fell, it shattered into sawdust, frightening Tian Ling, who was close by, nearly dropping her teacup to the ground.
She hurriedly ran out of the hall.
She set the teacup down in front of Tian Sanxian, who was sitting under the grape trellis, and said urgently, “Grandma, something’s wrong. The wooden sword has shattered…”
The wooden sword shattered?
Tian Sanxian quickly stood up and followed Tian Ling into the hall.
When she saw the pile of sawdust, Tian Sanxian’s complexion suddenly darkened.
The Spirit Absorbing Array was broken.
Although when it was initially set up, it was uncertain whether it would work, the Black Spirit Stone used as the array’s focal point was indeed precious.
It was something the Chief had gone to great lengths to find.
Tian Sanxian clenched the hand holding her walking stick, then said to Tian Ling beside her, “Come with Grandma for a trip outside.”
Tian Ling was her successor.
But Tian Ling was still young.
There were many past events that she had not discussed with her.
And as the times were changing, this society was becoming increasingly different from the society of the past.
Some things seemed pointless to speak of, even when revealed.
Although she also felt that the so-called Spirit Absorbing Array might not be as effective and overpowering as the legends claimed.
However, sometimes, for the members of the Mystic Sect, anything under the influence of Mind Power was believed to be imbued with spiritual essence, and thus, her belief was unshakeable.
Now that the array was broken, no matter what, she had to go and see for herself.